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Syntatictal term
Use these to persuade others. They are frequently found in quotes.
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10th Grade
12/08/2010
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asyndeton
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deleting conjunctions
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ellipsis
 Definition
deleting obvious words
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asyndeton and ellipsis are __________ techniques. (hint:synonymous to remove)
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omission
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anadiplosis, anaphora, epanalepsis, epistrophe, and polysyndeton are ________ strategies.
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repetition
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anadiplosis
 Definition
repeating important word
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anaphora
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repetition at beginning
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epanalepsis
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Repeating the first part at the last part.
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epistrophe
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repetition at end
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polysyndeton
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repetition of conjunction
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antimetabole
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(a-b-b-a)
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antithesis
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(a-b-a-b)
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